I never had this varietal, Primitivo before or even heard of it. Scott my drummer from Deadstein gave me a bottle and told me to let it breath for a while. I decanted it for 2 hours and then we drank it with our dinner and appetizers at home on my birthday eve. We have off tomorrow so finishing the bottle tonight should be no problem.
It’s a translucent purple, a bolder appearing wine than a Pinot yet not as big looking as a Cab. On the nose you get Welch’s grape jelly mixed with pepper. Kathy picked up the strong pepper component. At a low 13% alcohol I wasn’t expecting heat and I didn’t get any. I guess the decanting helped because this was a smooth wine.
Expecting a fruity wine from the nose I was delightfully surprised when the wine turned out to be well balanced easy going wine. Not close to over-bearing just smooth from start to finish. It is well made and balanced in its presentation with strong mid palates and a long finish. It is also earthy in it’s contrast to its subtle fruit approach. A very nice wine and thanks to Scott to opening me up to this varietal and wine.
Glad you liked it’